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" I loved working on 'Dogfight,' but when I first read it and wrapped my head around the story, I was a little horrified. "

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" When you hear you're going to audition for 'Dogfight,' the show about bringing ugly women to parties, you're like, 'Oh, great, thank you.' Then you read lines where people call you fat, and you call yourself fat or ugly, and it can wear on you. But that's also our dream as actors, to play someone else and give someone else a voice. "

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" I was born in Southern California in a city called Norwalk. I grew up there until I moved up to New York when I was 18. "

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